Thesaurus results for ELBOWING

elbowing

verb

present participle of elbow

as in pushing

to force one's way the sort of greedy person who is always the first to elbow to the front of the buffet table at every party

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Recent Examples of elbowing Allister elbowing Ibrahim Maza in the face in the 74th minute. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026 Facing unrelenting physicality in the Western Conference semifinals, Wembanyama earned a flagrant 2 foul and an automatic ejection for elbowing Minnesota’s Naz Reid in the neck. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 In the third quarter, Wembanyama picked up a flagrant foul after elbowing Karl-Anthony Towns in the chin. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 June 2026 Victor Wembanyama got revenge for getting tossed in the first half of Game 4 for elbowing T-Wolves big Naz Reid Tuesday. — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 Trade those greatest hits for a few hours’ drive above Dublin and the reward is a wilder, more elemental Ireland — Atlantic headlands carved by weather rather than postcards, beaches that appear out of nowhere, and cliffs that don’t require elbowing for a view. — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 Wembanyama received a Flagrant 2 foul after elbowing Naz Reid in the throat. — ABC News, 12 May 2026 After elbowing its way into the fight for TV’s billions of advertising dollars, Amazon now wants to battle one of the most dire threats to commercials. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2026 San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will not face further discipline from the NBA for elbowing Minnesota Timberwolves player Naz Reid in Game 4 of the teams' Western Conference semifinal series, a person with knowledge of the league's decision said Monday. — CBS News, 11 May 2026

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Ali Tager, an NCA vice president, said on the On The Margin podcast that about a third of small and mid-sized businesses already accept crypto, and that their own customers are pushing.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Now, Hortman and two of his children are pushing to stop Blanche from formally taking on the role of the country's top cop.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of pushing

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Washington is trying to choke Iran's ability to get its crude out while Tehran is squeezing the artery through which everybody else's crude gets through.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Chances are you answer emails while sitting in meetings, listen to podcasts while exercising, scroll your phone while standing in line and congratulate ourselves for squeezing more into every hour.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeezing

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